#55AED8#55AED8

#55AED8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.105 H 231.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#55AED8
RGB	rgb(85, 174, 216)
HSL	hsl(199, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 19.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -14.29, -29.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 32.52, 243.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0656 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.105 231.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2722, 37.1582, 70.4766)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#55AED8 #D87F55

analogous

#55D8C1 #55AED8 #556DD8

triadic

#55AED8 #D855AE #AED855

tetradic

#55AED8 #C155D8 #D87F55 #6DD855

square

#55AED8 #C155D8 #D87F55 #6DD855

split-complementary

#55AED8 #D8556D #D8C155

monochromatic

#216D91 #2D93C3 #55AED8 #87C6E3 #B9DDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#55AED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#55AED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #55AED8

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##55AED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##55AED8	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #55aed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 174, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.105 231.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c6e4',
    500: '#55aed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #55aed8;
$custom-light: #90c6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#55aed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71289,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 231.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#55AED8

secondary

#DEBBAB

accent

#7742E6

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #55AED8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →